Dog people - how does the poo not disgust you?

I don’t mind my own dogs poop but I absolutely gag at anyone else’s. Same for babies and kids I’m was fine wiping my own kids bums but anyone else and I was almost sick

Do you have children? Way more horrible bodily fluids have been bestowed my kids than my dogs. Although none as horrible as indoor cat littler poop 🤢

It's poo, it's a part of life

It’s the same as your children’s. You just don’t think about it

Doesn’t bother me at all, occasionally I have retched on the smell, but I’ve had 2 DC and picking up dog poo is a lot better than changing some really disgusting nappies and cleaning poo/slime off dc. My DH is a retired bathroom installer who has obviously, in his time, had to deal with human poo, but is happy to pick up dog poo, he’s very careful not to let it touch his hands. I always have tissues with me.

Do you have children OP?
If so, how did you cope??

It just doesn't phase me. Picking up my dogs poo, cleaning out my cats litter tray, it's just another chore like doing the laundry or hoovering. I don't even think about it.

Yeah, I agree, it’s only ok if it’s your own dog, same way as your baby’s poo seems less gross than other people’s babies’ poo.

Sometimes, when clearing up after my dog, I see another poo that a less responsible or observant dog owner has left behind, and think “yuck, I should pick that up so no one stands on it.” And I do - but it grosses me out far more than my own dog’s poo does.

Dealing with some grim bodily functions are part of the deal of having kids or pets.

As a mum and a nurse, bodily functions don’t bother me.

I mean pulling a stuck poo out of the dog’s bottom before I’ve had my morning coffee isn’t my favourite but c’est la vie.

This is why I will never have a dog.. also when I have seen many a dog with clumps of it stuck to his fur on his butt and they jump on the sofa or even worse the bed.. I don't get having dogs whatsoever, turns my stomach!

Exactly why I feed my dog raw food - poo mostly hard and not too stinky. some of the stuff left though is absolutely horrendous.

I don't know, it just doesn't bother me. My dog is fed well, so her poos aren't particularly smelly or anything, and picking it up 1-2 times a day is no big deal when compared to the benefits of having my dog around so...

Cross posted!

Like your kids - you love the thing that produces it so doesn’t seem so bad!

You wipe your own bum tho right? Does that disgust you or is it just part of life you get on with and don’t moan about?

It’s a bit like having to change a nappy really. You get desensitised doing it for your child but wouldn’t like to change anyone else’s nappy, same with dog poo. Not my favourite thing to do but I’m desensitised, don’t ask me to pick up someone else’s dogs poo though.

The disgust isn’t why people don’t pick up, it’s laziness, self interest and a lack of care towards anyone else. My retired friend has a lovely balcony to sit and watch the world go by and he says that 90% of dog walkers are women and 90% of them pick up after their dogs. 10% of walkers are men and 10% of them pick up after their dogs.

That’s how I feel, too. Just as I didn’t mind my own children’s nappies, but the thought of changing any other child’s made me feel sick. Who knows why, psychological or hormone related, perhaps?

Your own dogs poo is like your own child’s nappy, you just get on with it, I couldn’t pick up another dogs poo or change another child’s poo nappy 🤷🏼‍♀️.

cleaning the cat litter tray is worse than dog or child poo 🤢

I don't mind my own dogs poos. They're never really runny and he's only small so no problem to pick up. Id not want to pick up another dogs poos though. Some of the ones left around where I live are massive 🤮

Oh I do hate cleaning his bum if he's not well and does a messy one that gets in his fur but I love him so you just have to!

Its just poo.

Doesn't bother me in the slightest picking it up.

Have to admit its not much fun when they have had a sloppy one. Its practically impossible but you still have to attempt it. 😂

Second to that is trying to pick one up when its chucking it down and blowing a fucking hooley. You're trying not to get soaked, dog is pulling desperate to get back inside, your poo bag is wafting in the wind and keeps turning itself inside out. I mean, its a real test of patience and stamina. 😂

But dog poo, is poo. No more gross or anything than your own crap, or changing your babies shitty nappy.

Might as well say parents how do crusty, snotty noses, steamy full nappies and burped up vomit on your shoulder not disgust you?

Yeah, but that’s just the nature of poo. I really don’t like picking up cold poos, which I sometimes do if my own hound douse her business next to another’s!

Funnily enough I find picking up cold poo (when I’m picking up the garden pops) more stomach churning than a ‘just laid’ poo.

The only thing I don’t like is if you’re off on a long walk and they poo in the first 15minutes and there’s no bin for the next 90….
Carrying it around is not so fun. Especially on a warm day.

“A pile of pick me up now” ….brilliant!🤣🤣